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Case of the Day: AVR Communications v. American Hearing Systems

The case of the day is AVR Communications, Ltd. v. American Hearing Systems, Inc. (Minn. Ct. App. 2005). American Hearing Systems, a Minnesota firm in the hearing aid business, got into a contract dispute with AVR, an Israeli firm. In 2007, AVR commenced an arbitration against AHS in Israel that resulted in an award in……

September 21, 2015
Lago Agrio: Are The Disclosures About Doug Cassel’s Work for Chevron Sufficient?

Readers, I feel a sense of responsibility when someone who contributes to Letters Blogatory gets in some sort of trouble on account of what he or she has written here. The first instance of this was the case of Allison Morris, a journalist with the Irish News. Those of you who followed the Belfast Project……

September 14, 2015
Lago Agrio: Chevron Settles With H5

Chevron has settled yet another claim against a business that was associated with the Lago Agrio plaintiffs and their lawsuit in Ecuador. H5 was an e-discovery and litigation services firm that owned a small percentage interest in the Ecuadoran judgment. No cash changed hands, but H5 transferred its interest in the judgment to Chevron and……

September 10, 2015
Thoughts on Yaiguaje

Earlier today I published Doug Cassel’s comment on Yaiguaje. Here are a few of my own thoughts on the case:

September 9, 2015
Doug Cassel on Yaiguaje

Friend of the blog and Chevron advocate Doug Cassel weighs in with his reaction to the Yaiguaje decision. Stay tuned for my own reaction this afternoon. Last week’s jurisdictional decision by the Supreme Court of Canada in Chevron v. Yaiguaje is a first-inning victory for the Lago Agrio plaintiffs, in their quest for a foreign……

September 9, 2015

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